在這輛賓士車於1902年贏得底特律的格洛斯波因特 (Grosse Pointe) 比賽之前，賽車已經有一段很長的歷史了

出處: "H.S. Harkness in His Mercedes-Simplex, Winning Five-Miles Event in 6:1 3-5, Grosse Pointe Track, Detroit." Detroit Publishing Company, copyright 1902. Touring Turn-of-the-Century America: Photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company, 1880-1920, American Memory collections, Library of Congress.